Get Ready for Year 3

Teacher: D. Gibson

Grade / Year: Gr1-2 / Yr 2-3

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Preparatory

Description: A new year group. A new Key Stage. A new school site. A new set of challenges. If you are about to begin Year 3 in the British School system then come along and have some fun with me, Mr Gibson. Together, we will find out all there is to know and ensure a smooth transition to the new school year.

Guaranteed to have some fun, come along and push aside any worries you might have as we begin our new adventure together. Give yourself the perfect start to what is the best year group in school! See you there!

Get ready for Grade 5 / Year 6 - Math

Teacher: V. Michael Patole

Grade / Year: Gr 4-5 / Yr 5-6

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Preparatory

Description: This course serves as a reinforcement of key concepts and foundational skills that will help students to be successful in their 5th grade math class. It will provide an opportunity for students to use what they have learnt and get a glimpse into what is to come.

During this course students will get in-depth knowledge through modeling, drawing and will be able to solve challenging problems using a variety of strategies. This course will focus on Place Value and Decimal Fractions (Includes Multiplicative Patterns on the Place Value Chart, Adding and Subtracting Decimals), Standard Algorithm for Multi-Digit Whole Number Multiplication. Concepts of Volume. Drawing and Classification of Two-Dimensional shapes

Emphasis will be upon essential Common Core Standards and understanding mathematics. This course will be taught through modeling, group discussions, online games, videos etc.

Math Mavericks Grades 4-5

Teacher: K. Abbineni

Grade / Year: Gr 4-5 / Yr 5-6

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Preparatory

Description: This course teaches building conceptual understanding of decimal numbers and fractional numbers using manipulatives.

Next Generation Science Standards- Level 1

Teacher: R. Fatima

Grade / Year: Gr 2-5 / Yr 3-6

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Preparatory

Description: NGSS are new K–12 science standards, rich in content and practice. Come, ace your way in scientific skills with the core concepts of Physical Science, Earth Science and Life Sciences.

Spelling and Grammar Rules Every Learner Should Know

COURSE NOW FULL

Teacher: S. Ashraf

Grade / Year: Gr 3-5 / Yr 4-6

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: COURSE NOW FULL

Students will be introduced to and practice the spelling rules to strengthen spelling. They will also strengthen the grammar concepts for their grade level.

Coding with code.org

Teacher: S. James

Grade / Year: Gr 3-5 / Yr 4-6

Time: Sun- Thurs 1 hr

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: Students will learn to make fun, interactive projects that reinforce what they’ll learn about online safety. Following these lessons, students will engage in more complex coding. Students will learn about nested loops, functions, and conditionals.

Literacy and Math Fluency

Teacher: A. Fathima

Grade / Year: Gr 1-2 / Yr 2-3

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: Students will learn essential techniques for promoting discourse including modeling and think-aloud. Through the use of think aloud , teachers model each stage of the problem solving process which can be best by understanding the question, selecting a strategy and applying the strategy.

Alif Ba Ta - Arabic reading

Teacher: A. Almokhrrak

Grade / Year: KG-Gr4 / FS - Yr5

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Global Connections

Description: This course focuses on learning letters and beginning reading for non-Arabic speakers.

Get Ready for Grades 3 & 4 / Years 4 & 5 - Reading Comprehension Skills

Teacher: F. Shaikh

Grade / Year: Gr3-4 / Yr 4-5

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Preparatory

Description: This course will focus on student's ability to understand the text with deeper understanding. Without comprehension, children gain no meaning from what they read. Comprehension strategies are used to increase children’s understanding of the text to help them become active readers by engaging with the text.

By the end of this course students will be able to read and comprehend literature, including stories at the high end of grades 3-4 text complexity independently and proficiently.

Reading Arabic

Teacher: A. Almokhrrak

Grade / Year: KG - Gr4 / FS - Yr5

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Global Connections

Description: This course will train native speakers on fluency in reading and learning some basic grammar in the Arabic language.

Explore Science with Gizmos Simulation

Teacher: K. Abbineni

Grade / Year: Gr 4-5 / Yr 5-6

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: Students will explore the science concepts using the simulation website Gizmos and Reinforce the concepts with STEM Cases.

Unusual Animals

Teacher: D. Gibson

Grade / Year: Gr 2-5 / Yr 3-6

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Global Connections

Description:; Do you have a love for animals? Want to learn about some of the more strange, weird and whacky creatures to roam our planet? Come and join myself and Sir David Attenborough as we look at things like unbelievable forms of communication, weird homes, crazy attack methods, unbelievable defence mechanisms, and some incredible examples of unlikely teamwork to name just a few things.

Guaranteed to learn loads of new things each day, your mind will be blown and you will scarcely believe some of these animals are even real!!! Come and join me and be prepared for an amazing and unforgettable four week journey with an emphasis on fun, fun and fun.

Get Ready for Grade 4 - Math Bootcamp

Teacher: S. Stachnik

Grade / Year: Gr4 / Yr5

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Preparatory

Description: This course will review and solidify grade 3 concepts to prepare students for grade 4.

Get Ready for Grades 5 & 6 / Years 6 & 7 - Reading Comprehension Skills

Teacher: F. Shaikh

Grade / Year: Gr5-6 / Yr 6-7

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Preparatory

Description: This course will focus on student's ability to understand the text with deeper understanding. Without comprehension, children gain no meaning from what they read. Comprehension strategies are used to increase children’s understanding of the text to help them become active readers by engaging with the text.

By the end of this course students will be able to read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, at the high end of grades 5-6 text complexity independently and proficiently.

Public Speaking: I Can Speak Up!

COURSE NOW FULL

Teacher: A. Fathima

Grade / Year: Gr 3-5 / Yr 4-6

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Arts & Crafts

Description: COURSE NOW FULL

In this course, students will be encouraged to express their opinions in a reasoned and coherent manner. Also you will use the power of words to inspire, teach, and communicate opinions positively and effectively. We will also be doing fun impromptu speeches.

Origami Paper Flowers

Teacher: J. de Michelsen

Grade / Year: Gr 2-3 / Yr 3-4

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Arts & Crafts

Description: Students will learn the elementary level of origami crafts. They will be able to colour their papers before fold them for making beautiful flowers. If you love flowers like me, this workshop is for you.

Explore science with Gizmos Simulation

Teacher: K. Abbineni

Grade / Year: Gr 3-4 / Yr 4-5

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: Explore the science concepts using the simulation website Gizmos and Reinforce the concepts with STEM Cases.

Preparing for Year 4 Maths

Teacher: E. McDaid

Grade / Year: Gr 2-3 / Yr 3- 4

Time: Sun- Thurs 1 hr

Category: Preparatory

Description: Are you starting Year 4 next year? Or you would like a refresher on all the maths we covered in Year 3? Either way, then ‘Getting Ready for Year 4 Maths’ is for you! There is no such thing as boring Maths.

Together we will develop your understanding and love of this wonderful subject while having some fun along the way. Let’s do this!

Number Sense

Teacher: A. Blanche

Grade / Year: Gr 1-2 / Yr 2-3

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: Fluency and developing the ability to count and represent numbers to 20. Students will learn strategies of decomposition to add and subtract for varied problems using number sentences, number bonds. They will also understand the connection and relationship between different addition facts.

Hour of Code

Teacher: S. James

Grade / Year: Gr 3-5 / Yr 4-6

Time: Sun- Thurs 1 hr

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: Hour of Code empowers children of all ages to become makers of technology by tapping into their ability to bring their imagination to life.

Get Ready for Grade 4 - Writing Bootcamp

Teacher: S. Stachnik

Grade / Year: Gr 3-4 / Yr 4-5

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Preparatory

Description: This course will review and solidify grade 3 writing concepts to prepare students for grade 4.

Hands-on Math Games & STEM Activities for Future Engineers

COURSE NOW FULL

Teacher: P. Nataraj

Grade / Year: Gr 2-5 / Yr 3-6

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: COURSE NOW FULL

Today’s students are tomorrow’s pioneers. This course is designed to bring the possibilities of engineering to life for young people through hands-on challenges that will spark the investigative spirit of the students’ and promote individual creativity that could change the world!

This unique virtual class will introduce many fields of engineering giving importance to problem solving and creative thinking through the Engineering Design Process. Students will be challenged to bring engineering to life using materials that are easily available. This course will boost confidence, reduce academic anxiety, increase teamwork skills and promote motivation to learn new skills which help our young engineers become successful in all of their future educational and career-related endeavors.

4 BIOMES - Understanding our Planet's Amazing Biodiversity

Teacher: M. Chowdhry

Grade / Year: Gr 3-5 / Yr 4-6

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Global Connections

Description: Explore the variety in the natural world ! Here's a chance to better understand the beautiful living Earth !!

Students will be introduced to the different animals and plants and their adaptations in different biomes around the world. We will also look at our relationship with these amazing natural environments.

Creative Writing/Writing Club

Teacher: O.Roseangela

Grade / Year: Gr 1-2 / Yr 2-3

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Academic Enrichment

Description: Students will use small moments to tell, draw and write stories

Fitness Dance Club

Teacher: M. Safadi

Grade / Year: Gr 2-5 / Yr 3-6

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Games & Hobbies

Description: Students will experience many types of dances including Zumba, Hip Hop, Salsa, Latin, belly dance and much more!

Cooking & Baking

Teacher: M. Sousak

Grade / Year: Gr 2-5 / Yr 3-6

Time: Sun-Thurs 1 hr

Category: Games & Hobbies

Description: Students will learn how to cook and bake delicious foods, create their own cookbook, and enjoy delicious plates!

FunCraft

Teacher: S. Ashraf

Grade / Year: Gr 3-5 / Yr 4-6

Time: Sun-Wed 1.5 hrs

Category: Arts & Crafts

Description: Students will make cool fun paper craft and learn some easy and amazing painting techniques.